RWBY: Son of Salem
Marek's POV, the next day
I laid on my bed, staring at the ceiling. I let out a sigh of boredom as I sat up.
Yawning, I got to my feet, heading for the door. I opened it and headed towards the living room. I plopped down on the couch.
"Long night?" Pyrrha asked me. She sat on the couch across from me.
"Kinda." I replied with a yawn. "How'd you sleep?"
"Pretty well." she answered with a smile. "Been waiting for Qrow to get back."
"Qrow left?"
"Mmhmm." she said with a nod. "He left to go gather huntsmen to help with the maiden."
"Oh." I sat back. "When is he-"
"I'm back!" Qrow said as he walked in.
"Be right there!" Ruby yelled from the kitchen.
Two people walked in behind Qrow, two people I didn't think I would see again for a while, Yang and Weiss.
"You might want to hurry!" I yelled.
"I'm coming!" Ruby shouted. She walked into the living room with a tray of tea. "So, we didn't know how many people were coming, so we just cooked all of it." she dropped the tray as she saw Yang and Weiss. "Yang, I...I'm so sorry! I-I should've stayed, and I should've talked to you more! I'd-I just-I wasn't sure if you wanted me around and-" she was cut off as Yang pulled her into a hug.
"I love you." Yang told her as Ruby returned the embrace.
"I love you too." Ruby said with tears in her eyes.
After a few seconds, Ruby pulled away and turned to her teammate.
"Weiss." Ruby said as her and Yang held their arms open for her.
She smiled and ran into their arms, hugging them tightly as I stood up.
"I don't know about you guys, but I'm kind of hungry."
"Way to ruin the moment, Marek." Nora said.
I shrugged. "Eh."
"I could eat." Weiss said as the trio pulled away from each other.
"Me too." Yang said.
"Great!" Ruby smiled. "Dinner just got done."
A few minutes later
"How do you lose your map at a time like that?!" Yang asked Jaune in between laughs.
"Believe me, I have asked myself the same thing ever since." Jaune replied.
"Hey, but you made up for it, Mister Muscles!" Nora said. "You shoulda seen this guy take a giant Grimm head on!"
"I couldn't have done it without Ruby wearing it down." Jaune replied.
"Uh, me? Did you see Ren during that fight? He was out of control!" Ruby squealed.
"I'm sorry, I may have lost my temper momentarily." Ren said.
"No, no! Out of control as in awesome!"
"Ooohh. Thank you." Ren said with a smile.
We continued to eat as we talked about what we did over the last few months.
"You did not!" Ruby gasped.
"Yeah, right in the middle of the party." Weiss said as she hid her face.
"Please tell me you let that lady have it." Yang said.
"Of course not!" Weiss said as she shot up. "Even if I did really want to."
"No way, I don't believe it." Nora said as she crossed her arms.
I chuckled as a white Boarbatusk appeared out of thin air, staring at Nora.
She fell backwards, letting out a small scream as the Boarbatusk huffed.
We continued to eat and tell stories about our times away from each other.
Yang stood up to show off her robotic arm.
"It's no replacement for the real thing," she said as she looked it over. "but I'll make sure to make good use of it."
Ruby gasped in awe before rushing over to get a look up close.
"And it's just as strong?" Ruby asked.
"Sure is."
"Wanna bet?!" Nora said as she put her arm on the table, challenging Yang to an arm wrestle.
"Nora, please, now's not the time-"
Weiss was cut off as Yang rushed over to Nora, starting the struggle between the two.
"C'mon sis!" Ruby cheered. "You can't lose to a girl in a skirt!"
"You wear a skirt, Ruby." Weiss said.
"Weiss, you're not cheering loud enough!"
I rolled my eyes as I watched Yang and Nora fight for dominance.
"It definitely feels like the original, I'll give you that!" Nora grunted.
"Yep. But, it does have some new features!" Yang replied.
"Heh, oh yeah?"
Yang's arm shot off of her, sending Nora into the wall.
"Ha!" I couldn't help but laugh.
"Did...she win?" Jaune asked.
"I'd say she did."
Nora slowly sat up. She lifted her arm to see she was still holding onto Yang's robotic arm. She screamed as she threw the hand at Yang who caught it while laughing.
We sat back at the table and finished the rest of the food.
"We ate it all." Jaune said as he gathered the dishes. "Ugh, I think I'm gonna be sick."
"Easy there, vomit boy, I believe in you." Yang said.
"We're doing nickname throwbacks now. Wonderful." Jaune said as he took the dishes into the kitchen.
Weiss started to chuckle.
"I mean, the ice queen seems to like it." Nora said, causing Ruby to burst out laughing.
"Heh." I stood up, stretching. "I'll see you guys later."
"Where you going?" Ruby asked.
"I'm tired." I replied with a yawn. "I'm goin' to bed."
"Goodnight." Ruby said as I walked away.
I walked into my room and fell into my bed, quickly going to sleep.
End of chapter 29